Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 413 I Just Want to Ask

As the saying goes, a harmonious family brings prosperity.

This is especially true for their big family.

Therefore, it is of course a very good thing that Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others can take the initiative to show such great goodwill to Luo Huijuan and others.

Not long after, when Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others' appetite was aroused, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others quickly prepared the remaining dishes, and then invited everyone to go into the house to eat.

Since there were so many people, we just placed two kang tables on the kang.

Afterwards, Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan took the main seats.

On their left sat Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others, while on their right sat Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and others, which was a clear distinction.

During the meal, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others kept picking up food for Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others, as if they were afraid that they would be hungry.

After the meal, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others rushed to take charge of the job of cleaning up the dishes, and did not let Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others do it at all.

This also made Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others feel embarrassed.

After all, to be honest, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others didn't owe them anything, so they naturally couldn't accept Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping's service so comfortably.

In the end, it was Li Guoqiang who spoke up and assigned the cleaning work to Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others, which finally eased the atmosphere.

In fact, the reason why Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others acted like this was because they had no ideas in their heads, so they unconsciously felt inferior in front of Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others.

In order to consolidate their position in Li Guoqiang's heart, they poured their enthusiasm into Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others.

Another reason is that Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others are pregnant women. They are worried that something unexpected might happen, so they dare not let Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others do any work.

Li Guoqiang saw this point, so he took the initiative to assign the work to Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others to avoid any psychological burden on Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others.

In short, where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes.

And the world of martial arts is about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

If they want their big family to live a happier life, someone must mediate.

However, they have just started living together, so many things cannot be rushed.

Both Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan understood this very well.

With all the hustle and bustle, time soon came to around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Luo Huijuan pulled Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping to sit on the kang, and asked with curiosity about the local New Year customs.

As for this, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping naturally told us everything they knew.

Among them, everything else was fine, but the matter of slaughtering the New Year pig immediately attracted the interest of Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others.

"If you want to watch the slaughter of the New Year pig, you can wait until early tomorrow morning."

When Qu Yinfeng saw that Luo Huijuan and others were interested in slaughtering the New Year pig, she hurriedly smiled and spoke.

However, just as she finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something and frowned, then continued to remind her: "But you are all pregnant now. According to the customs here, you cannot watch the killing of animals."

Hearing this, before Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others could say anything, Li Guoqiang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you just need to not watch the pig being slaughtered. Wait until the pig is slaughtered, then you can go and watch it."

"That's okay!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng immediately spoke up in agreement.

Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others all showed joy on their faces.

After all, in this cold winter, if you finally come across something interesting, it would be too boring if you can't take a look at it.

"Come to think of it, the best pig killer in our area within dozens of miles is still Qiangzi!"

When Xu Yuping saw Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others smiling, she quickly spoke up to praise them.

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others became even more excited and turned their eyes to Li Guoqiang, as if they had already seen Li Guoqiang displaying his divine power.

Li Guoqiang, on the other hand, looked indifferent about this.

For him, slaughtering the New Year pig is not something to look forward to.

If possible, he still hopes to sit aside and eat melon seeds to watch the fun, and by the way, wait for the pig to be slaughtered and then eat a bowl of delicious and fresh pig-killing dishes.

However, now in the entire Jinshan Fort, apart from Xu Guangshou, he is the only one who has the best pig-killing skills.

According to the rules, Xu Guangshou will be the father-in-law and marry his daughter-in-law tomorrow, so he is the head of the family and naturally cannot kill the pig.

So if nothing unexpected happens, this job will really fall on him.

Fortunately, he is not a stubborn person, and it is a rare occasion to have the happy event of getting married during the Chinese New Year, so it is his duty to contribute.

Just as Luo Huijuan and others were talking about the custom of dancing the yangge on the first day of the new year, Li Xiuqin suddenly came to their door with some bee farm workers, carrying some dried goods such as mushrooms, fungus, vermicelli, etc.

Afterwards, they didn't stay long. They just exchanged a few words with Li Guoqiang, Luo Huijuan and others, then put their things down and left.

It was obvious that they came to give gifts to Li Guoqiang, the person in charge of the bee farm.

Although the gifts were some not-so-valuable mountain products, they were still a token of my thoughtfulness. And even if the news got out, there was no need to worry about gossip.

This made Li Guoqiang guess at once that it must be Xu Guangfu who gave the idea to Li Xiuqin and others behind the scenes. On the one hand, his purpose was to create momentum for him as the person in charge of the bee farm, and on the other hand, he also wanted to get some dry goods for Li Guoqiang's family to use during the New Year.

It must be said that Xu Guangfu, his cheap father-in-law, really cares about him.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, he took out some aged wine, candies, peanuts, melon seeds, biscuits, etc. from his little world, and then took Luo Huijuan, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, two little girls, and drove a sika deer cart around the entire Jinshan Fort, delivering some simple things to every household.

Although the quantity of the things is not much, it can more or less express the thought of the person and avoid people saying that he, the God of Wealth, is too proud and out of touch with the masses.

In addition, this will also allow the villagers to get to know Luo Huijuan, the real lady, so as to avoid some gossipers from gossiping behind her back.

Even though he was not afraid of the gossip, it was a good thing to have some peace of mind.

By the time he came back from his round, it was already past five in the evening and it was getting dark.

At this time, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others had already prepared hot water and dinner at home, and lit several kerosene lamps.

In the orange-yellow light of the kerosene lamp, many delicate and fair faces were reflected.

When they saw Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan coming back, they hurriedly smiled and greeted them, and then urged Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan to take a shower.

They have never tried playing on the kang in such a snowy day!

Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, they will have more teammates this time, so they don’t have to worry about angering Li Guoqiang anymore.

Seeing that Shang Xiuzhen and the others were so interested, Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan naturally did not want to spoil the fun, and quickly took their change of clothes to the bathhouse. Since the bathhouse here used a large clay pot for bathing, someone had to wait on them while Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and the others were bathing.

At this time, this task naturally fell on Li Guoqiang.

Fortunately, they are already an old couple, so they don’t have to worry about being laughed at. Instead, it feels quite warm.

While washing, Luo Huijuan reached out and stroked her round belly, then asked softly, "Qiangzi, do you think I'm pregnant with a boy or a girl?"

"What?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then laughed and said, "Why do you suddenly think of asking this now?"

"nothing!"

Luo Huijuan shook her head, then said playfully, "I just want to ask."

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, then asked seriously, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"This"

Luo Huijuan was slightly stunned, then asked with some confusion: "How can this be true or false?"

"Of course!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said seriously: "If you want to hear a lie, then I can only say that I don't know. If you want to hear the truth."

Having said this, he deliberately paused and looked at Luo Huijuan with some mischief.

"Hey!"

Seeing this, Luo Huijuan suddenly became anxious and asked quickly, "Why don't you continue talking?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted, and then he laughed and said, "The truth is that you are pregnant with three boys!"

"Really?"

Luo Huijuan's eyes widened, and then she asked in disbelief, "How did you know that?"

"How else can you tell that?"

Li Guoqiang's expression straightened up, and then he said seriously, "Of course I found this out by feeling your pulse!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Huijuan nodded somewhat doubtfully.

Because she didn't know whether taking her pulse could really tell whether she was pregnant with a boy or a girl.

If this is true, it is naturally a good thing.

And if it is fake, then she will have a headache.

After all, there have always been some conflicts in family inheritance since ancient times.

Especially those who come from better-off families and have more resources will fight to the death for the position of head of the family.

In this case, if she could give birth to a legitimate eldest son, she would naturally be able to avoid a lot of trouble.

And if she gave birth to only girls, it would be hard to avoid someone having feelings for her.

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang saw Luo Huijuan's thoughtful look, and he easily guessed what she was thinking. He waved his hand and said, "Don't think so much, we'll talk about it later.

In my opinion, I like it equally whether you give birth to a boy or a girl.

Besides, you know best what the situation in our family is.

Even if we want to choose an heir to the family, it will take at least fifty or sixty years.

By then, our children will be in their 50s or 60s and will definitely not be suitable to be heirs, so we can only choose from our grandchildren.

As for the situation of our grandchildren, none of us knows what it will be like, so don’t worry about it.”

"Fine!"

When Luo Huijuan heard these words, she thought of Li Guoqiang's extremely strong physique and his magical effect in delaying aging, and the slight hesitation in her heart instantly disappeared.

After all, according to this situation, if you want Li Guoqiang to abdicate, you will have to wait at least seventy or eighty years.

During such a long period of time, no matter who it is, it is impossible to replace Li Guoqiang as the head of the family, so naturally there is no need to care whether the child she gave birth to is the eldest son.

Without the pressure, her mood immediately became much more relaxed and cheerful, and she even had the mood to go fishing and walk the birds.

When Li Guoqiang saw Luo Huijuan like this, he immediately felt funny. Not long after, he hurriedly pulled Luo Huijuan up and went back into the house.

At this time, Qu Yinfeng had already taken the two little girls, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, back to their own room. Only Xu Yuping and Zhu Caiyan were left, accompanying Shang Xiuzhen and the others with a little trepidation and awkwardness.

Although they had tried to practice group gymnastics before, they were all without any official status at that time. But it was different now. Now they were in front of Luo Huijuan, the legitimate wife, and they couldn't help but feel some pressure.

What's more, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others all carried a ball with them. What if they accidentally bumped into one?

So as soon as Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan came in, they became nervous and stared at Luo Huijuan, not knowing what to do next.
Luo Huijuan walked into the room and took a quick look, then walked straight to Xu Yuping and Zhu Caiyan and sat down. Then she put her mouth close to their ears and whispered a few words.

When Xu Yuping and Zhu Caiyan heard what Luo Huijuan said, their faces suddenly turned red, and then they nodded silently to show that they understood.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others all got into bed in tacit understanding.

Li Guoqiang walked forward very naturally and started to share the fruits while sitting in a row.

In the end, all the remaining juice was taken by Xu Yuping and Zhu Caiyan.

Moreover, after all this busy work, time passed by unknowingly and it was already past one in the morning.

From this we can see that sometimes having too many people participating in a competition is not a good thing.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang was very experienced as a referee, so he took good care of every participating team.

Then, he had only slept for less than three hours before he was woken up by Qu Yinfeng.

When he quietly got up, put on his clothes and went out to take a look, he discovered that a large bonfire had been lit in their yard at some point, lighting up the entire yard.

(End of this chapter)